This is a hands-on, three-hour workshop which will allow you to experiment with Apache Spark running in the Azure Databricks platform. You’ll understand how you can use Spark and Azure Databricks to analyze large amounts of customer data, visualize the data to quickly spot patterns, use Spark’s Machine Learning library to generate predictions, and analyze real-time data from online sources (e.g. Twitter).

IMPORTANT: This is a hands-on workshop. Bring your own laptop (Windows, Linux, or Mac).

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